Since acquiring Volvo - a reputedly safe vehicle - Ford has been leading the way in design, technology, and education with each of its new car and truck models. Here is a brief overview of some of the safety features that you can expect from your next Ford car:

Personal Safety

Ford carefully designs a safety system for each passenger in the car, including the driver. The Ford Personal Safety System? is uniquely designed with the driver and the front passenger in mind in the event of a head-on collision of some magnitude. Crash severity sensors adjust the deployment of the front airbags in response to the differing severities of the impact. In addition to responding with the airbags, the system is designed to adjust the safety belt retention, deploy dual-stage driver and front passenger airbags, and measure the position of the driver's seat for optimal protection from injury. Therefore, each passenger and collision will be responded to with a unique safety formula that helps to keep the passenger safe.

Side-Impact Airbags

Most Ford models come standard with side-impact air bags for the driver and the front passenger. Because the whole body needs to be protected in the event of a collision, the armrests in the door and the door trim neatly tuck away airbags that are designed to protect the abdomen and the torso. What's more, each door comes standard with a four-inch foam block that helps to protect the passenger's hips during a collision.

Intelligent Safety System?

The Intelligent Safety System? is an expanded version of the Ford Personal Safety System? and is installed on the Ford Explorer and Ford Mountaineer. This system comes equipped with safety sensors that help to analyze the size of the crash, the position and size of occupants, and the seat belt response.

The Intelligent Safety System? comes with seven unique response features that respond to a collision within milliseconds in order to protect the passengers and drivers, including adaptive steering, adaptive airbag venting, and the enhanced occupant classification system.

No matter what kind of Ford vehicle you are looking at, you can rely on the safety and protection that you and your passengers will receive from the vehicle. While no driver ever wants to be involved in a crash, having a reliable safety system, like the Ford system, in place can mean the difference between life and death. Therefore, when searching for vehicles, you can feel comfortable using the Ford safety features as a measuring point against safety features for all other manufacturers. Built Ford Tough has now become Built Ford Safe.